请阅读Passage2。完成第小题。 Passage2 Themedicalcommunityoweseconomistsagreatdeal.AmartyaSenwonaNobelPrizeforEconomicSciencesin1998.Hehasspenthisentirecareerpromulgatingideasofjusticeandfreedom,withhealthrarelyoutofhisgaze.JosephStiglitzwonaNoblein2001.In1998,whenhewaschiefeconomistatthe(then)notoriouslyregressiveWorldBank,hefamouslychallengedtheWashingtonConsensus.AndJeffSachs,acontroversialfiguretosomecritics,canfairlylayclaimtotheenormousachievementofputtinghealthatthecenteroftheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals. His"CommissiononMacroeconomicsandHealth"wasalandmarkreport,providingexplicitevidencetoexplainwhyattackingdiseasewasabsolutelynecessaryifpovertywastobeeradicated. AndImustoffermyownpersonalgratitudetoaveryspecialgroupofeconomists--LarrySummers,DeanJamison,KennethArrow,DavidEvans,andSanjeevGupta.TheyweretheeconomicteamthatdrovetheworkofGlobalHealth2035. Butalthoughwemightbekindtoeconomists,perhapsweshouldbetougheronthediscili-ofeconomicsitself.Foreconomicshasmuchtoanswerfor.Pickupanyeconomicstextbook,andyouwillseetheprioritygiventomarketsandefficiency,priceandutility,profitandcompetition. Thesewordshavechillingeffectsonourquestforbetterhealth.Theyseemtomarginalizethosequalitiesofourlivesthatwevaluemostofall--notourself-interest,butourhumanity;notthecostsandbenefitsofmonetaryexchange,butvisionandidealsthatguideourdecisions.Itwastheseissuesthatwereaddressedatlastweek'sGlobalHealthLab,heldatLndonSchoolofHygiene&TropicalMedicine. AnneMills,Vice-DirectoroftheSchool,ferventlyarguedthecaseinfavorofeconomists.Itwastheywhocontributedtounderstandingtheideaof"best-buys"inglobalhealth.Itwaseconomistswhochallengeduserfees.Anditwaseconomistswhomadetheconnectionbetweenhealthandeconomicgrowth,providingoneofthemostcompellingpoliticalargumentsfortakinghealthseriously.Someeconomistsmightadoremarkets,butnothealtheconomists,shesaid. "Healthcareisdifferent."Forherkindofeconomist,ahealthsystemisa"socialinstitutionthatembodiesthevaluesofsociety". Althoughcompetitionhasaparttoplayinhealth,itshouldbeusedjudiciouslyasamechanismtoimprovethequalityofcare.ChrisWhitty,ChiefScientificAdviserattheUK'sDepartmentforInternationalDevelopment,expressedhiscontemptforthosewhoprofessindifferencetoeconomics.Economicsisabouttheefficientallocationofscarceresources.Anyonewhobackedtheinefficientallocationofresourcesis"immoral".Hedidcriticizeeconomistsfortheirarrogance,though.Economistsseemedtobelievetheirideasshouldbeacceptedsimplybecauseoftheauthoritytheyheldaseconomists.Economics,hesaid,isonlyonescienceamongmanythatpolicymakershavetotakeintoaccount.ButClareChandler,amedicalanthropologist,tookadifferentview.Sheasked,whathasneoliberaleconomicseverdoneforglobalhealth?Heranswer,inoneword,was"inequality".Neoliberaleconomicsframesthewaywethinkandact.Herargumentsuggestedthatanyeconomicphilosophythatputapremiumonfreetrade,privatization,minimalgovernment,andreducedpublicspendingonsocialandhealthsectorsisaphilosophybereftofhumanvirtue.Thediscussionthatfollowed,ledbyMartinMcKee,poseddifficultquestions.Whydoeconomistspaysuchlittleattentiontoinequality?Whydoeconomiststreattheirtheorieslikereligions?Whyareeconomistssosilentontheirownfailures?Caneconomicseverbeapolitical?Therewerefewsatisfactoryanswerstothesequestions. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheauthor'sattitudetowardeconomists? 查看材料
A.Contempt. B.Reservation. C.Detachment. D.Endorsement.正确答案C
